Longitudinal study of self-reported sexually transmitted infection incidence by gender and age up to age thirty-two years

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-69

  Paul, Charlotte ^a   Van Roode, Thea ^a   Herbison, Peter ^a   Dickson, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GONORRHEA; HERPES; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURVIVOR; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; AGE; INCIDENCE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749118350     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318188bf51     Document Type: Article

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